I use to read manga all the time before I watched an anime. Unfortunately the lack of time I have to read has dramatically decreased. Well with all the tv shows and movies a lot is lost in the jump from ink and paper to the small or big screen. My main problem with Blue exorcist was how the crammed the ending in there so it could all fit. I felt like they could have stretched it out to at least 40 episodes. Well back to Magi I Just finished episode ten and I can't find much complain about. I like the fresh take on the old Aladdin tales. It is too bad the younger viewers have such small attentions spans now that anime has to conform to keeping everything short to keep the audience from leaving. I remember the good days when fights took three episodes to conclude and talking was kept to a minimum. Well back to Magi.

I think it's definitely a pass. There's still a lot to be speculative about since it's about to end. But, I hope there will be a second season, there's still a lot of the manga left that's yet to be covered. Which, could make for another season. 8.5/10

Okay, overall i like show the but the rant i'm about to go on here is over one specific character.(warning: may contain spoilers)

Alright then, you know when a show introduces a female character as being strong, or otherwise awesome? then later on turn her into the most USELESS character ever? i.e Asuna (SAO) ... yeah well i HATE it when shows do that stuff. i mean WTF? cant we have a good strong female character who doesn't turn useless!? Okay, so in MAGI when Morgiana gets introduced, i instantly get this sinking feeling thinking "ohh no not again!" But, to my pleasant sup-prize she only ever develops further and gets stronger. I'm like "YES! finally its a female character who is CONSISTENTLY bad-ass!" . And then... they ruin it! Well technically she sacrificed herself through her own sheer power to save her friends lives, if anything that was indeed an awesome way to go out but i swear, if she doesn't come back soon i'm going to have a kiniption.

This just recently happened so hopefully in the next episode or soo she will come back 120% And if not i will be thoroughly P.O'ed

Love the twist, the haters who like cliche "Good ol' protagonist-beats-everyone-end-of-story" can suck it. If you want to watch something happy where nothing bad really happens, just go watch the many other anime that exist and fit the cliche description.

but, I do understand the people who hate Magi now because it strayed away from the manga.

After reading some other comments on another board, I'm not too sure. I am an anime only fan and so far I think the series is entertaining on different levels. I'll post my full thoughts next week once the finale airs.